(1) See loyalty punch card. (2) An early storage medium made of thin cardboard stock that held data as patterns of punched holes. Also called "punched" cards, each of the 80 or 96 columns held one ...

Two days ago, I accepted a "free coffee" punch card from the cafeteria lady. Yesterday, I tossed it. It was the usual sort of "customer loyalty" wallet card – buy so many coffees, get your next one ...

It’s one of life’s simple pleasures to buy a number of products and then qualify to get the next one free. Many people use punch cards at cafes where it scores them a free latte or at ice cream shops ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Sorting punch cards had mathematical ...

For decades, businesses have relied on the punch card as the backbone of their customer reward program. That seemingly ageless loyalty program, however, might not be as timeless as was once thought.

Dec. 8 -- Election officials around the nation are facing a big question in the aftermath of the vote-counting controversy in Florida — whether to chuck the chad. Some predict a major rethink across ...

For years I’ve had a crystal clear memory of photographing election workers as they counted punch card ballots. I recalled it in black and white, so that narrowed the search window down to the ...

A paper card that encourages customers to return to a retail store. The size of a credit card, a loyalty punch card has a series of boxes that are punched or stamped by the cashier at time of purchase ...

Voting machines are not alike. The circuit court panel found the punchcard system in six counties unacceptable. The federal appeals court judges agreed with the plaintiffs who claimed punch-card ...

In an optimistic move, you grabbed a loyalty card before the first exercise class you took. Interestingly, no holes have been punched here, because you left the gym during the class’s warmup, when ...